"The trouble is," he murmured, "that as usual you are so engrossed in the fact that you are oblivious to its environment. You stick to it, Archie, like a leech on an udder." (p. 284)
— Беда в том, — пробормотал он, — что ты, как всегда, видишь голый факт и не видишь, что за ним. Ты впиваешься в факт, как пиявка в коровье вымя.
"There is no danger in me to the innocent."
"Any spoke will lead an ant to the hub."
В качестве напутствия он повторил свою любимую поговорку: любая спица приведёт муравья к ступице колеса.
Ничей я не друг! — сердито огрызнулся Вулф. — Сколько у вас денег?
am nobody's friend. How much can you pay?
Nero Wolfe, chapter 1
- This is a pleasant surprise, Archie. I would not have believed it.
That of course is the advantage of being a pessimist; a pessimist gets
nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.
- Nero Wolfe, chapter 1
- Must I again remind you, Archie, of the reaction you would have got
if you had asked Velasquez to explain why Aesop's hand was resting
inside his robe instead of hanging by his side? Must I again demonstrate
that while it is permissible to request the scientist to lead you back
over his footprints, a similar request of the artist is nonsense, since
he, like the lark or the eagle, has made none? Do you need to be told
again that I am an artist?
- Nero Wolfe, chapter 5
- I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a
man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready
at the slightest provocation to revert to normal action.
- Nero Wolfe, chapter 5
- If I were to begin borrowing money I would end by devising means of
persuading the Secretary of the Treasury to lend me the gold reserve.
- Nero Wolfe, chapter 12
- Compose yourself, Archie. Why taunt me? Why upbraid me? I am merely a
genius, not a god. A genius may discover the hidden secrets and display
them; only a god could create new ones.
- Nero Wolfe, chapter 15
- Remember that those of us who are both civilized and prudent commit
our murders only under the complicated rules which permit us to avoid
personal responsibility.
- Nero Wolfe, chapter 16
- You stick to it, Archie, like a leech to an udder.
- Nero Wolfe, chapter 19
http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/corpus/Fer-de-Lance/index.htm
Originally published by Farrar & Reinhart in 1934. Also known as Meet Nero Wolfe (Columbia Pictures movie) and Point of Death. The first Wolfe novel: introduces Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, Fritz Brenner, Theodore Horstman, Fred Durkin, Saul Panzer, Orrie Cather. The mystery starts with the disappearance of Carlo Maffei. One Bantam release concludes with Stout's typed descriptions of Wolfe and Archie, and his sketch of their office. Of course of historical interest: it's fascinating to read the genesis of Wolfe. He's noticeably more florid in his speech, for example.
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